Rhéal Leroux: Businessman and event organizer

Rhéal Leroux is a businessman who took risks and succeeded, but he always put Ottawa and French Ontario first.
He was instrumental in bringing Winterlude, the Francophonie Games and the Festival Franco to Ottawa. In 1978, he launched the Winterlude; shortly after, he organized the Festival Franco; in 1984, he led pope John Paul II along the Rideau canal; and in 2001, he organized the Jeux de la Francophonie.
Rhéal Leroux, that kid from Casselman who dreamed big…